Learning Power in Practice (Paperback)

Ruth Deakin Crick

ISBN 10: 1412922208 / ISBN 13: 9781412922203

Published by SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, 2006

About this Item

Paperback. 'This book provides a variety of ideas for use in the classroom, based on practical applications of the conceptual understanding of learning power.[It] tells the reader about the "Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory" research programme (ELLI) and uses practical examples of how it can work in actual classes to explain its effectiveness. Its value for practitioners working with children with SEN appears to be in the way it challenges them to look at themselves as learners - also how they can support the children they work with to become more effective learners' - Special Needs Coordinator's File 'This is not a gimmicky approach.The approach here fosters deeper understanding for both the teacher and learner of exactly what the process involves.It contains much to interest schoolteachers, senior managers and those involved with learners of any age' - ESCalate Contains Learning Power flash cards! What kind of learner are you? How can you become a better learner? This book puts the findings of the well known Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) research programme into the practical context of the classroom, helping you to find answers to these questions.The book offers many suggestions for practical ways to improve the learning power of all the children in your class. It looks at: " learning power - what it is and how it can be achieved " creating the right classroom environment for powerful learning " how learning power works in the primary and secondary school classroom " how animal metaphors can be used with children to explain concepts. This is an exciting read for anyone interested in how children learn, and how we can help them to learn more effectively. It fits in very well with the debate around such concepts as accelerated learning, thinking skills and learning styles. Learn how the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) program and how the concept of learning power fits in with accelerated learning, thinking skills and learning styles. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Power in Practice (Paperback)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412922208
• ISBN 13: 9781412922203
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book puts the findings of the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory (ELLI) research program into the practical context of the classroom, helping you to find answers to these questions: What kind of learner are you? How can you become a better learner? Including a video, CD-Rom, and flash cards, it demonstrates how to:

• Work out what kind of learner you are
• Improve your learning power, effectively improving results and raising standards
• Understand how the concept of learning power fits in alongside books on accelerated learning, thinking skills and learning styles

The book not only has a section using animal metaphors for younger children, but also presents strategies relevant to secondary school under-achievers.

Review

′ This is not a gimmicky approach...The approach here fosters deeper understanding for both the teacher and learner of exactly what the process involves...It contains much to interest schoolteachers, senoir managers and those involved with learners of any age′-ESCalate